Lacing-hook-feeding device



July 14, 1925.

' E. B. STIMPSON A LAGING HOOK FEEDING DEVICE Oi'iginl FiledDec. 9, 1922.

IN ENTOR Patented July 14, 1925 UNITED STATES EDWIN B. STIMIPSON,

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To all whom it may concern:

I Be it known that I, EDWIN B. STIMPSON, a citizen of the .United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State 6 of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lacing-Hook-Feeding Devices, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates generally to devices for individually picking up lacing hooks from bulk and delivering them one at a time in a certain prearranged disposition to a feed way leading'to any suitable lacing hook setting device. The present application is a divlsion of my prior application Serial No. 605,832, Dec. 9, 1922. i

The general object of the invention is to provide a device ofthe general nature described for insuring the feeding of one hook ata. time and for arranging the hooks in proper disposition for consecutive delivery tothe work as rapidly as is required.

The invention includes anew and improved pick-up wheel having means for insuring that a. sufficiently large number of hooks will be gathered and positively retained on the wheel for certain delivery to the feedway to provide a surplus storage column of hook me'mbersto await the operation of the setting device.

The-construc'tion'of the pick-up wheel or disk includes a series of equidistant openings each having an elongated passage opening thereinto at-the inner end and opening at the otherendto the periphery of the disk. The passageway thus provided has a straightline formation and extends at an angle to the radius of the disk with the outer end leading the rearward end with respect to the direction of rotation of the ,disln The opening from which each passageway leads has an ovoid formation with the larger end inward so that certain of the hook members which fall into the openings in the movement of the disk through the mass of hooks engage the lower edge of the opening'between'the spaced apart members andslide therealong as the disk rotates. 'The disk is preferably so arranged with relation to the sides of the hook receptacle that the hook members which soengage the slideway edge are forced to take the proper position with respect to their subsequent placement in the Original application filed December 9, 1922, Serial No. 605,832. Divided and 'thisapplication filed 1 December 21, 1923; 'Serial No. 681,968

The V-passagewaysleading from the openings are so inclined as to permit the hook members to slide by gravity into a feedway or BROOKLYN, NEW xonxnssronon ro nnwm COMPANY, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

when the disk arrives at a certain angular I position in its rotation.

'Other features of the invention will be hereinafter referred to.

In'the drawings in which a preferred embodiment of the invention has been selected for illustration, I

Figure l is a view in sideelevation of a lacing hook feeding pickup device embodying the invention. 7

Figure 2 is'faview in cross section-of'the device shown in Figure-1.

Figure 3 is a view in cross section on an enlarged scale taken on the line 33 of Figure 1. Y

Referring to the drawings for a more detailed description ofthe invention, at 10 there is shown the head or standard of a lacing hook setting machine of any desired type which is provided "with a reciprocating plunger 11 operated by the rock arm 12.

Mounted on the head member 10 by means of supporting bracket 13 is'a receptacle or container 14 having a hinged cover member 15through which lacing hooks can be placed in the receptacle. A pick-up wheel or disk 16 is carried by a shaft 17 journaled in a side wall of the hook receptaclell and a ratchet wheel '18 is carried by the shaft 17 outside of the hook receptacle. An arm 19 is fixed to a shaft 20 which is adapted to be rockedby the rock arm 12 inthe operation thereof. A similar, arm 21 is carried by the shaft 17 and a link connection 22 extending between the arms 19 and 21 provides for the operationof the arm 21 by the arm 19. ''A pawl member 23 carried by the arm 21 co operates with the ratchet wheel 18 to rotate the pick-up wheel 16 with a step by step movement as will be clear.

The pick-up disk 16 is mounted relatively close to the side wall ofthe receptacle 1 1 in which the disk shaft is journaled, the distance separating the'disk and receptacle Wall being such that the stem ends of the hook members 24 which are handled by the device cannot extend in a perpendicular direction across this space. The pick-up disk 16 is provided with a seriesof openings 25*Wh10h are generally ovoid in'shape and have a passageway 26 leading from the large and inner end s tliereoif to the onterpei'iphery of the disk. Each passageway has a straight heo hi'eciz h nd l a e wa ll f he, o' peni'rfgfifi at" an angle 1 to the radius of the disk, the angularity being such that the outer end of the passageway leads the inner end in the rotation of the disk.

With the eonstrnotion thus. proyided hook meiiihei s s neh as are shown fall into the openings 25 in the rotation of the disk 1Q in the; mass of hook; rnernhers, contained 1i -.re' ephahle' e sthe di h aed he; .eh the 9f 11001; ,memh rstho hhqktm mhe s thiql ar so vdisres tha the opening between,the,nneinhers of the hook portion are in alinernent vviththe lower edge of the openings are .disposed in a' partially enclosing rstrad lling relation to the-edge oif the opening asiselearlyindicated in Figure 3 of the drawing. As the disk continues its rotation in a counter 91ml:-

i eidin ti hii n Figur 1 hi. he a g the hook members 24: are progressively carrie it walzdhl e ihhe hhd' large dhi the opening 25 and intothe elongated passagepoint in the upper left hand portion ofthe disk as viewed in Figure 1 the passageway wi es in e ehhem ht wi h. a gu T yQ Po ed feedney 2. Wh reupemt e ec w ri iimnel d y g 'ar yt 1lo e out f the passag way '26 i t the edw y 27 Where its-descends toa position near the was; in c i tr s o be s r ltwil'l be se en; that in the progressive ,nroye nent of the; hook me nh er 24 from the point at which it co nes int o straddling envgag lh ntnv htt l wer edgeof theop nil 5 when the Ope ng ise a Pos o th h h a 1 QQk hhmh ,l'=,-he .l tly ainta n a su pe ed .re e 0 ,h h ed from which itiis snpport'ed so that there is leor no ei ehhhed Qf.- t h-\hh0 ,,h ih jarred fromitsposition vith the result that ence th hec m mb rs b c me hai ieed ,With the supporting; edge inv'the opening they are invariably delivered to the feediyay 2 7; inftherotation of the disk, This retentionpof the hobk members in place isstill fnrtherinsured vvhen the containing opening is passingthrough tl1e"npper areof its path of trayel by reason of the vp lfoyision of the elongated passageway 26 referred to. Th s; pas geway f me by tq eiui r finger QSWVlllCll formsqa narrow separating rnernbier between the passageway and; the main hodypf the opening ,25. ltqvill he seen that the narrowness of the passageway preyentsthef turning of the hook on its supporting-edge or its removal from theedge ,sofithatthe delivery of tlle llOQlClDelDber from t'he o iiter edge of the opening into the feedway 2:7 is assured.

'11 t eat r v jy s ep vpt a ih i' 09 up disk 16 which is provided by the pawl f f .1" i :V v I anfd ratchet mechanism referred to the (118* position of the passageways 26 1s such-that a period of dwell ohtalns at a point Where each passageway in tii-rii" eoihh's ihtdalinement with the" feedway 27 into which the hook members 24 are to he delivered. This insures the delivery of such hook members as may he in plaee inthe passa-geway into the feedivayhefore ther'ot'atioii (3r th'e'pi ckup disk 16 is resumed.

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said f ngers olefining oneof the lateral edges or I said passageways;

of the wheel, the finger being shaped and disposed to establish on one side thereof a passage having a'width approximately equal to the thickness of the hook material at the bowl of the lacing hook, and the remainder.

of the opening being of a considerably greater width.

5. In a lacing hook feeding device, a hopper for containing a collection of lacing hooks, and a pick-upwheel in the hopper, the wheel having a plurality of transverse openings, each transected by a finger inwardly directed from a point near the periphery of the wheel, the finger being shaped and disposed to establish on one side thereof a passage having a width approximately equal to the thickness of the hook material at the bowl of the lacing hook, the wall of the passage carried by a part of the wheel other than the finger blending smoothly with the continuing wall of the opening.

6. In a lacing hook feeding device, a hopper for containing a collection of lacing hooks, and a pick-up wheel in the hopper, the wheel having a plurality of transverse openings, each transected by a finger inwardly directed from a point near the periphery of the wheel, the finger being shaped and disposed to establish on one side thereof a passage having a width approximately equal to the thickness of the hook material at the bowl of the lacing hook, the wall of the passage carried by a part of the wheel other than the finger blending smoothly with the continuing wall of the opening, the lastmentioned wall being curved.

7. In a lacing hook feeding device, a container for lacing hooks, and a pick-up disk mounted for rotation in the container, the pick-up disk having a hook-receiving opening therein and an elongated passageway leading from the inner end of the opening to the periphery of the disk, the relation of the elongated passageway to the opening being such that lacing hooks, are fed through the passageway into the opening in the rotation of the disk.

8. In a lacing hook feeding device, a con tainer for lacing hooks, and a pick-up disk mounted for rotation in the container, the pick-up disk having a hook-receiving opening-therein and an elongated passageway leading from the inner end of the opening along the leading edge of the opening withrespect to the direction of rotation of the disk, the passageway being restricted in width and inclined with relation to a radius of the disk whereby hooks entering the passageway from the opening will be retained in the passageway until they are delivered by gravity down the inclined path provided by the passageway in a certain position of the disk. o

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

EDWIN B. STIMPSON. 

